Is People's Party left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation People's Party scores +07 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +05. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is People's Party authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, People's Party scores +03. Constitutional; favours limiting regional powers, especially in education and language.

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People's Party

PP · 1989– · Spain · Conservative · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

+07ECmarket

+05CUtraditional

+03AUmonist

+06SCcentral

+02IDascriptive

−06CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

National unity, fiscal orthodoxy, business-friendly regulation, moderate social conservatism.

Economic model

Tax reduction, labour flexibility, deficit control.

Organisation of powers

Constitutional; favours limiting regional powers, especially in education and language.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored +07

Coded +7: tax reduction, labour flexibility and deficit control.

Documented act or statuteThe 2012 labour reform reduced dismissal costs and decentralised collective bargaining.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +05

Coded +5: moderate social conservatism with acceptance of established liberal law.

Documented act or statuteChallenged same-sex marriage at the constitutional court in 2005 and accepted the 2012 ruling upholding it.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +03

Coded +3: constitutional, with the strongest available centralising instrument used once.

Documented act or statuteArticle 155 was invoked in 2017 to suspend Catalan autonomy, with parliamentary approval.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +06

Coded +6: national unity against Catalan and Basque devolution.

Documented act or statuteApplied Article 155 to suspend Catalan autonomy in 2017.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +02

Coded +2: civic membership with a restrictive posture on irregular arrival.

Documented act or statuteHistorically supported expansive naturalisation for Latin American nationals.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −06

Coded −6: entirely constitutional and alternating in office since 1996.

Documented act or statuteHas transferred power peacefully after every electoral defeat.

Scores that have been revised

ID +04 → +02Spanish conservatism has historically favoured expansive naturalisation for Latin American and Sephardic applicants. Civic membership with a restrictive recent posture on irregular arrival.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Spain

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). People's Party. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/pp/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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